| RefNo | PT/74/4/9 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, 'Circular striae of extensor muscle of the thigh of the ichneumon fly' by [Frederic Carpenter Skey?] |
| Date | [1837] |
| Description | Plate 17, figure 2 showing two views of the muscular fibres from the extensor muscle of thigh of the ichneumon fly [ichneumon wasp]. The title on this plate indicates that this an ichneumon fly, however the paper identifies the specimen as a cockchafer [Melolontha melolontha]. Inscribed with title, publication, and plate details. Not signed. Illegible embossed stamp in top left corner verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Anatomy / Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the elementary structure of the muscular fibre of animal and organic life' by Frederic Carpenter Skey.
Received by the Royal Society on 8 June 1837. Read 15 June 1837. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper |
| Dimensions | 187x111mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1837.0023 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0299 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2762 | Skey; Frederic Carpenter (1798 - 1872) | 1798 - 1872 |